I Love This Skit

This is one of my favorite SNL commercials. Just something about the conversation:

Why I Love Austin

Currently sitting in the Austin Airport ready to fly back to Chicago. Of all the client locations I visit, Austin Texas is my favorite by far.

Ten Reason's Why I Love Austin

1. Easy Access to Cheap Alcohol - Jamie Foxx was talking about Austin when he wrote "Blame it On The". More about this later
2. Abundance of Food Options - high end, low end, pizza on 6th street, tapas in the warehouse district. You just can't go wrong
3. High heals - Its like they are taught a a young age to rock the heals and rock them all day. I LOVE IT!!! Its like there are no women here shorter than 5'8" because of those lovely heals. :)
4. Approachable City - get a hotel and walk where you want to go down town. If you have to take a cab...be ready to fork over all $3 of the ride cost. (that's with a generous tip)
5. Makeup Every Day - What I'm trying to say is these girls are inspired by Barbie. They really put the make up to good use.
6. They Love Their Drink - I would be curious about the rate of alcoholism here because everyone is so crazy cool about their drink. I was in a client meeting yesterday and one of my clients offered this suggestion "Go over to Sam's (I forgot the bar's name) and make sure you get Ed ( forgot the bartenders name) to serve you. He makes-em strong and usually will charge you $5 bucks for 3 drinks." I just have three words to say about that..."Good Bless Ed"
7. Music is Everywhere - All kinds, All day, Everyday. I flew in on Monday, walked to dinner and passed 8 live acts in a 3 block radius. It was Monday night!!!!
8. Crazy Swagger - People are friendly but fearless. Its hilarious but also inspiring...you'll see the weirdest guy pull the hottest girl because he just has that swag to him.
9. Blue Jeans - Texas women where blue jeans the way they are meant to be worn. Enough said...
10. Easy Breezy - Life is good...no worries

What Did He Expect

Recently Michael Steele, Chairman of the RNC and the first African American in the role, took on Rush Limbaugh. To put it simply, he got his lunch ate. Below is an excerpt to a MSNBC post. 

*** Steele’s rocky start: Steele’s apology yesterday was the second time he has said something during his month-old chairmanship that he has had to backtrack from. Earlier, in a FOX interview, Steele suggested that the three Senate Republicans who voted for the stimulus -- Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, and Arlen Specter -- would face primary challenges, and left open the possibility that those three might not receive funds from the RNC. But the committee reversed course, telling First Read: "The RNC has no intention of getting involved in primaries. We work with state parties to elect Republicans and will continue to do that." These reversals come as Steele has raised eyebrows with his language (examples: “off the hook,” saying he wanted to give Bobby Jindal some “slum love”). To put it charitably, Steele has gotten off to a rocky start as RNC chair (as Rush himself said) -- primarily due to a lack of message discipline. And some Republicans might agree with this statement from Limbaugh yesterday: "It's time, Mr. Steele, for you to go behind the scenes and start doing the work that you were elected to do instead of trying to be some talking head media star, which you're having a tough time pulling off." 

Hmmm...as Bobby Jindal and Mr. Steele are now realizing, being a person of color who is semi articulate is not the response the Republicans need to fight Barack. In fact, its only reinforcing his strong character and intellect.

They Said It...But A Lot Of Us Have Thought

Big reader of this blog called - The Message. No its not the Nation of Islam or anything like that. Its just a couple brotha's and a sista or two that happen to write about stuff I care about. I urge you to check it out. A lot of my inspiration comes from reading the differing views i read on their site.

The have a post about Robin Thicke and how we (black folk) love him. Read it and keep the conversation going. Don't be too shy to add a comment.

http://themessageshow.blogspot.com/2008/08/blue-eyed-soul-inadverdant-death-of.html

Ouch - McCain As Shallow

I may agree with most of the points outlined in this article, but it still seems a bit too harsh and one sided. What do you think
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/18/cafferty.mccain/index.html

Sprint To The Finish

I was watching the Olympics over the weekend and happened to catch the women's marathon. Normally this wouldn't grab me, but I couldn't help but notice the parellals between it and the election. In this case, there was a group bunched together battling for the silver. You see, the first place runner was very far ahead and the likely hood of them catching her was essentially zero. The only way she would lose is if she fell apart on her own. She could only beat herself.

Now are in the home stretch of the longest election cycle ever. No matter how each candidate tried...no knock out blows were going to be landed in May, June, or even July. We are not at the point where it matters and the candidates can essentially beat themselves. I'm not sure if they are bunched up like the guys battling for second place or Barack has a lead that he needs to coast in for the win. But I do know...we are at a point when it matters again.

Politcal Dog Days

OK...unless something breaks...I'm going to put politics on the back burner for the next month or so. Its really down until the conventions anyway.

However...I will be passing along get out the vote activities as they come my way. :)

Sad Day

I am saddened by the loss of Tim Russert today. I am a loyal Meet the Press watcher and the manner that he conducted his interviews are second to none. He would challenge his guest, but not appear overly confrontational. His passing is a blow to transparent political discourse in our country.

The Training Our Children So Badly Need

America is frequently called the greatest nation on earth, but our kids continually fall behind their Asian and European counterparts in math and sciences. However we have been able to ignore this because we have a more advanced military and easy access to weapons. According to the report below...we are falling behind African nations for equipping our children to become soldiers and warlords.

enjoy ;)


Report: American Schools Trail Behind World In Aptitude Of Child Soldiers

Back On The Concert Scene

Another Concert
chrissett Michele is an amazing up and comer in the Jazz / Neo Soul game. I happened to "befriend" her on MySpace and saw she was going to be in Chicago last night. I shifted my plans and made it a point to attend the concert. It was held at the House of Blues and lacked the big venue feel of the Badu concert...but it was still a great experience. She did a great job and it was nice to see that she is not just a "studio" singer and still has a powerful voice. Here is one of my favorite songs by her.